Volák Surname
Approximately 773 people bear this surname
Volák Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 545 | 1:19,511 | 2,958 |
| Hungary | 173 | 1:56,741 | 5,966 |
| Slovakia | 55 | 1:97,026 | 18,584 |
The alternate forms: Volak (259) are calculated separately.
Volák Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Volák Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Volák is borne by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Volak. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Volák? popularity and diffusion
It is the 442,270th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,427,614 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Volák reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 78 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Volák is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is borne by 545 people, or 1 in 19,511. In Czechia it is primarily found in: Ústí nad Labem Region, where 21 percent live, Central Bohemian Region, where 18 percent live and Plzeň Region, where 13 percent live. Besides Czechia Volák occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 22 percent live and Slovakia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volak | 93 | 259 | / |
| Vollák | 91 | 11 | / |
| Volok | 80 | 789 | / |
| Wolák | 80 | 10 | / |
| Valák | 80 | 5 | / |
| Voláková | 77 | 655 | / |
| Volokh | 73 | 4,297 | / |
| Voliak | 73 | 186 | / |
| Volyak | 73 | 134 | / |
| Volack | 73 | 102 | / |
| Volakh | 73 | 82 | / |
| Volock | 73 | 39 | / |
| Wollák | 73 | 30 | / |
| Vollak | 73 | 29 | / |
| Voylok | 73 | 19 | / |
| Volake | 73 | 10 | / |
| Volaks | 73 | 4 | / |
| Voloke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Voolak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vujlák | 73 | 1 | / |
| Volakhe | 67 | 254 | / |
| Vollack | 67 | 221 | / |
| Voloske | 67 | 5 | / |
| Voilaks | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vholhak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vollock | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Volák
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